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The other school reformers : conservative activism in American education / Adam Laats.
LIBRA LC89 .L33 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laats, Adam, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Political aspects--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Political aspects.
- United States.
- Conservatism--United States.
- Conservatism.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- 313 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Introduction: progressives in a strange land
- What does Jesus have to do with phonics? Understanding educational conservatism
- Monkeys, morality, and modern America: conservative educational activism in the Scopes era
- Pulling the Rugg out: textbooks and the American way
- Rich, Republican, and reactionary: Pasadena's revolt against progressivism
- Save the children: Kanawha County in the age of malaise
- Conservatism and American education.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674416710
- 0674416716
- OCLC:
- 875999935
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